Show THE GUNNISON VALLEY BEAUTY’S DAUGHTER -B- yKATHLEEN NORRIS today—did you say Grace Feacock was there?" “She’s Margery King’s mother’’ “I know she is and I know she went all over Europe trying to get a priest to marry her to Joe Pea-- j cock and couldn’t” “Margery’s nice" Vicky said slowly “And you’re adorable only you hdve those Herrendeen eyes that you must remember to keep open” said Magda “Did you get lovingly yourself some lovely things in Par-- i is9’’ "Some Not expensive But 1 I have two or three got one— yes you’ll love” © Kathleen WNU Norris Sen Ice SYNOPSIS Herrtndee"' vl'ctou little had been 0° ount'’ to ft the shock came when her fattur Keith Henen lost his fortune Unob gtnf’e truslve soul he Is now as an Obscure chemist In San Fianci-iat a meager salary Hs wile Mai! cannot adjust herself to the change She is a beautiful woman fond of pleasure and a m for mens attention Matda and Victoria have been down at a sunnier rtvnt and Keith Joins them for the wet kind Magda leaves for a budge pait excusing herself for being such a Laler "runaway that night Victoria Is hen she hears her parents The quarreling to their smalkSan Francisco apartment Keith does not approve of mad social life and thty quanel frequently Magda receives flowers and a diamond from Ferdy Manner a wealthy man from Argentina whom she had met Jess than a week before Manners a few hours later him Magda show valuable Chinese shawl that has been tn the Herrendeen family for many years Vic Is shocked when she teams her mother had Contemplated selling It Magda tells Manners a dealer had offered her $300 for the ShawL Magda takes Victoria to Nevada to Visit woman friend who has a daughter named Catherine There she tells her she is going to get a divorce Victoria soon Is In boarding school with her friend Catherine Magda marries Manners and they spend two years In Argentina that een CIIAPTER “Have you had it waved Y’ic?” “My hair? No that’s just brushand setting ” Com and with an instinctive distaste for Ferdy and for Ferdy s world yet she knew that she must either meet him halfway with flattery and flirtatiousness submit to kisses and embraces concede him confidences and little harmless intimacies or he would not like her at all On the very first evening Magda told him that he must stop carrying on with her daughter Th£ idle days began to go by Victoria wondered what she was to do with the endless line of them that stretched ahead For a week she enjoyed the new life lazily then quite suddenly the whole thing began to pallt Magda had her own beautiful suite of rooms Ferdy had his They lived entirely separated lives sometimes they saw each other during ing this!” “I do” said Catherine solemnly suiting the action to the word "It was he” Victoria said “Who? Your stepfather?” “My stepfather nothing!" Vicky echoed repudiating the relationship “He — Catherine if you ever tell anyone this I’ll never speak to you again!— he followed me into the sitting room one night— we’d all just come home from a ijnovie — and kissed me and crushed me against II— Continued Victoria spent a somewhat bewildered yet happy Easter vacation there exploring all the garden paths and all the big rooms She came back to California at another Easter time eighteen years old and ready to graduate with her class Her mother met her in New York and they made the transcontinental trip together Ten weeks later Victoria’s handsome bags were packed again and she went down to the Chalmers place for the summer The beautiful Chalmers house was open to summer breezes and filled with summer flowers the Chinese butler discreet in his purple and blue silks motioned her upstairs Another Oriental took her bags her mother’s maid who had crossed the continent with them a few weeks before met her at the top of the stairs Vic asked to see her mother Magda was in her magnificent a large airy apartment bedroom flanked by an enormous bath by a complete dressing room by an upper balcony found her Victoria stretched on a couch by a window she was not reading the magazine she held and her eyes were absent and reddened a little from recent tears At the sight of the girl she and they began' to cry again clasped each other closely home at lastl “My darling you’re If you knew— if you knew how I’ve She wanted you!" Magda sobbed instantly regained control of herself and smiled with trembling lips straightening the collar of Victoria’s blouse as the girl knelt beside her “Was it all wonderful?” she said “It was perfect And at the end we all cried because ws weren’t all going to be back in September!” Mother “But Victoria laughed dearest you’re not well?” “I’ve been feeling— wretchedly Something” Mrs Manners said hor-ri- d hesitantly— “something rather happened last night and Ferdy Her eyes filled was arrested” the collar again she straightened again “It was all rather horrid and it’ll all be forgotten this time next week” she said cheerfully “So let’s not talk about it” echoed Victoria “Arrested” aghast “Why— what happened?” “There was an accident I don’t know Just what happened” Magda said her eyes watering “It was all so horrible He had been drink driving ing of course and he was May Finee home— they were both in the car asleep right near where the smash was “Who were?” “If it had been anyone but May” Magda sighed “However they say the poor fellow’ll get well and He Ferdy can stand the damages was all smashed up the man they ran into and it’s a miracle they weren’t all killed But if he’d been with anyone but May I” “Who’s she?” “Oh she’s a cheap little idiot I tisd to know years ago— May she married Tony Feeney Smith and divorced him and spent a few weeks in Paris so now she’s ‘Madame Finee and she can ’hardly remember an English word - “And does Ferdy like her? Magda looked at her daughter answered mildly ruminatively “Rather And of course shes making passes at Ferdy-It was the “Oh?” Vicky said old atmosphere again “Or rather at the Manners monfor me” ey which is very stupid cheerfulMagda endfd the subject “Stupid that’s what it is for ly never look at anyone like I’ v I And row tell me more about mother NEk him” Victoria Spent a Somewhat Bewildered Yet Happy Easter Vacation There the course of the day and sometimes not Quite often they dined at the same house but the dinners were large and Ferdy went to them before Magda did explaining perhaps to a servant that he was meeting some friend first at the club for and Magda cocktails preliminary always went late in great state in her beautiful car with her own driver So that even then they bad no moment together CIIAPTER ni GalHer mother was not happy lant and smiling keeping a brave front to the world Magdas soul was trying to feed itself on husks What she told Victoria of the last few years was a story of disillusionment and loneliness in a setting of luxury travel extravagance Biarritz had been dull London dull Paris dreadful Rosarios down where Ferdy’s in Buenos Aires Spanish mother and Spanish sisters lived had been insufferable “Perhaps I oughtn’t to tell you But the beginning of this Vicky it all going wrong was of course that there were always other women His wife was only to wear the jewels and be introduced to all the business friends big German and cattle men scores of Spanish them! The wife is a figurehead after the first year If she has sons and keeps the peace with his family and forgives him everything the man is pleased with fcer If she gets temtries to assert heiself peramental But he goes his own he is annoyed way just the same” her Victoria looked thoughtful fine dark brows drawn together “You oughtn’t to stay here” “Where" Magda asked simply "ought we go?" The summer idled Itself into autumn and Victoria and Magda went This time down to the shore again they had the smartest cottage at the lodge and the beautiful Mrs Manners was much admired and Mr Manners she exentertained with a flash plained to everyone d of white teeth was fishing for up in the Klamath Every hostess told Victoria’s mother that “wonderful man” for her she had as a dinner or bridge partner but Victoria noticed that Magda found none of them really wonderful In October Ferdy went off on somebody's yacht for six weeks He seemed a little guilty about it and gave Victoria a large check “to waste In New York” Later she suspected that his twinges of conscience were because the yachting intrip that he had mentioned as volving only “a few fellers” actually wife owner’s another included the woman and the ubiquitoiis May Magda did not know that or Victoria believed and hoped she did not fl’NNISON UTAH They came back to California in December and Ferdy came buk for Christmas Little was said of the feminine element on the yacht ing trip and the three spent the holidays in a splendid suite in the Fairmont hotel up at the top of the hill with the green iron balconies of their breakfast room hanging over he fascinating jumble of masts and stacks and long pier roofs on the Embarcadero Ferdy now said that he thought he must go back to Rosarios for a few months He thought Magda would be a great fool to go It would be hot traveling and she hated the place anyway Ai unusually long period of affection and placation resulted in April in Magda’s decision to go with Ferdy to South America Victoria told her mother she was Well — going to stay in California because Catherine and Mrs Brook were going up to the lake again and wanted her Well— and because she really would like it— like it bet ter She might come down to RoBut — sarios later all by herself hut really she would like it hotter this way now Magda was gently hurt puzzled Ferdy smiled but Vicky knew that he was furious She hold her and affectionground ate but not to be mved In the end they left without her and Vicky and Catherine went up to the lake A week later when she and Catherine were sitting down on the lake shore one day Victoria told her the reason: “Catherine cross your heart and hope to die if you ever tell anyone Victoria was at the dock in the fine soft November fog to see the big ship come in the Empress of Panama was on time at exactly one minute before eleven o’clock she drew up alongside and all the excitement of landing began Then mother and daughter were in each other’s arms and Victoria was laughing “And how’s Ferdy?” Mrs Manners’ glance “Ferdy—" returned from the luggage and fixed itself upon Victoria “Ferdy is— just the same— as ever” “And when does he get here? 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What have you been doing with yourself tell me everything you got my Catherine” GLOOMS 5 up years earlier “You’re the one with the news” she said smilingly “Nothing has happened here Miss Butler put me the on night duty last night-on- ly second time and I’m deadl I had breakfast at the hospital at seven and had to clean up three bathsnd stopped on my wsy rooms downtown to leave my bag bera” “Th hospital 1” Magda echoed aghast not hearing the rest “You’ve been ill!” Victoria’s smile was reassuring Her color was beginning to coma back now as she fell with vigor steak and there upon a three-incwas revived light in her eyes “I’m in with Catherine” she ex“Student nurses” plained Mrs Manners sat back and regarded her with puzzled eyes you’re such fun— !te “Mummy such fun to be talking to you again and it’s the best fcod I ever tasted! 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